Cheri 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2010 Black and Olive for me. I have tyed up some larger Wounded Whites (touch of red) for the Shad kill. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigtrout.se 0 Report post Posted May 26, 2011 Buggers must be the most versatile pattern there is. I mostly uses the black one, but sometimes I arm it with beads and/or rubber legs. Another one that have worked the last years are olive with red front hackle and red metallic bead - a variant of the icelandic fly "Rektorn" (The principal) I always use fox or rabbit for the tail, depending on the size. My favourite hook is the Gamakatsu F-314 (se the black/chartreuse and the olive/red buggers) And they work... :-) Rio Gallegos sea trout Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Snagalot 0 Report post Posted May 26, 2011 Black is classic but Olive with a bit o’ Gold works for anything in the water. I tied a few with a fork tail that are killer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Old Hat 0 Report post Posted May 26, 2011 Black, Olive, Rusty Orange and the occasional all white. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barefoot122 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2011 Gold tungsten bead, grizzly olive tail, chartreuse estaz body, grizzly olive hackle, red wire rib, grizzly red schlappen collar if I'm feeling saucy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
todvan 0 Report post Posted July 4, 2011 Olive Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flymanaj 0 Report post Posted July 4, 2011 Either olive with black hackle or black. Always with a gold bead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
john adams 0 Report post Posted July 16, 2011 My bugger http://www.flytyingforum.com/pattern10138.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
idcraft 0 Report post Posted July 16, 2011 I really don't have a favorite color bugger as long as it's olive! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wschmitt3 0 Report post Posted December 16, 2014 Brown or Olivwe with a gold bead head. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
artimus001 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2015 all, lol. i'm experimenting this season with mixing colours (shooting for a mottled look) and using grizzly hackles. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Istripbuggers 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2015 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JBR47 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2015 I tie a Coachman style body , black with chartreuse waist behind a black bead. Tail is black with a couple strands of Krystal flash. A pink waist on a black bugger also seems to work well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted February 20, 2015 In order...Olive, Black, Brown, Black with Olive...in rivers when I'm after Walleye and/or Sauger, yellow body/white tail/white hackle gets added to the mix. Those are my go-to's, but I have a lot of fun tying Buggers so I'm always trying new combinations. Funny thing is, I have never had significant success with all white or white with grizzly. I do an orange Estaz/white tail/white hackle that gets love from trout, but my absolute favorite for winter time fishing is all Black with pearl Flashabou tied into body and tail. It has never failed to not only get hit but get biggest fish of the day in the winter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted December 29, 2015 I keep some on hand tied with a peacock herl body...seems to make a difference sometimes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites